swagman
English
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A swagman
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- IPA(key): /ˈswæɡmæn/
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Noun
swagman (plural swagmen)
- (Australia, historical) An itinerant person who walks from farm to farm carrying a swag and seeking work, often in exchange for food and lodging.
- 1902, Barbara Baynton, The Chosen Vessel, Bush Studies, 2007, Echo Library, page 89,
- She was not afraid of horsemen; but swagmen, going to, or worse, coming from the dismal, drunken little township, a day′s journey beyond, terrified her. One had called at the house today, and asked for tucker.
- 2007, Melissa Harper, The Ways of the Bushwalker: On Foot in Australia, page 100,
- In his prose works Landlopers and Knocking Round, Brereton penned affectionate portraits of shearers, swagmen and farmers′ wives, based on people he had met on his walks.
- 2009, Bronwyn Sell, John Caffrey, c.1850-87, Law Breakers and Mischief Makers: 50 Notorious New Zealanders, 2010, ReadHowYouWant, page 72,
- The policeman thought it best to surprise the man, since he might be armed, so he disguised himself as a swagman and pounced as the man returned from his bridge-painting job.
- 1902, Barbara Baynton, The Chosen Vessel, Bush Studies, 2007, Echo Library, page 89,
- (US, slang) A fence, a middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
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itinerant worker
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